Hello again I just want to say how important this gorgeous girls work as a historian is. R.A.F Lindholme saw a great deal of history, sacrifice and historic characters visiting it when it was operational, this Doncaster girl illustrates with great clarity and dedication her research results, I so look forward to every production, as a Former R.A.F Fast Jet Pilot I know about the bond that comes from serving in the services and know that the past generations of servicemen and women would be delighted at these productions, it keeps their memory alive and once again I thank you for remembering these Airfields and those who served. On behalf of those who gave their all and cannot say this I say Bless you and carry on with this great project.thank you
I was Stationed at RAF Lindholme in 1958/59 when it was designated as the RAF Bombing School, with Avro Lincoln's. Vickers Varsities and one single Hastings. i was a J/T Engine fitter in ASF working on servicing the R-R Merlin engines fitted in the Lincoln. No real memories of Lindholme accept it was bloody cold in winter working on a Lincoln on a distant dispersal, after recently completing 2.5 years in Malaya. Now aged 88 living in Wetern Australia, my memories of Lindholme are long gone, I do recall we had excellent Barrack blocks to live in. My final discharge from the RAF after 5 years was from Lindholme
Thanks for showing us round and best of luck on getting the tower and hangars listed . I am down south in sussex /surrey border ,RAF Tangmere has been decimated by Chichester council ,its seems to be their policy ! However their is in the corner of the old drome a very good museum " Tangmere military aviation museum" . Twenty miles north is RAF Dunsfold which was a complete operational drom untill Hawkers pulled out 20 years ago and now the council and developers are doing their very best to eradicate it . Would be nice to see planners /developers incorporating and or preserving our old aerodromes ,many of which were the last place on this side of the heavenly divide our airmen stood ,sacred ground to you and it would seem .
@@ianperry9914 gosh thats shocking 😢 Where has all the respect gone for our heros, who gave their lives AND survived living with horrors for our freedom 🙏🏻 I fear if they could see us now they would be so disappointed. The saving grace / problem is RAF Lindholme is on the site of 3 prisons. I believe the old H blocks are part of it from what I was told so the hangars form a logistical barrier, but are too close to be housing 🙏🏻
Happy and blessed month of February to Will, his wonderful mother and his wonderful family, may it be a wonderful month filled with all the best. Thank you for sharing excellent and varied content, I love you very much family, thank you for everything
This is a great trip down memory lane for me, I first soloed in a glider at Lindholme the year that you were born! That's quite a walk you did around the whole peri track - It's not the watchtower though - it's Air Traffic Control, or ATC. The parade ground itself is on the domestic site - which is now part of the prison, the area in front of the hangars is the apron where aircraft could be serviced & readied for flight, though for a big parade it would have been ideal. Looking forward to the next vlog.
@@clivebrealey6795 you flew in 1978 🤯 ok, I literally feel like a dinosaur 🦖 the track is 5k and I do it several times a week 🤷♀️ helps wear out the hips, totally watch tower in 1939 when it was built 🙏🏻 pleeeaaase dont stir up that flipping argument again 🤯 modern day parade was between H buildings, WW2 parade was around the hangars and ‘watch tower’ I literally have photos 🤭 gosh I LOVE how much this place means to people 🙏🏻
I really enjoy watching your content BTW. I think that you cover the subject with respect and you obviously do a hell of a lot of research. Ps I was born in 78 too. 😊
@@jamesross1799 great vintage 🙏🏻 thank you so much, history has always been a passion of mine ‘lindholme’ decided to find me 🙈 even though I had known the site for many years, hindsight is a funny thing 🙏🏻 I have nothing but respect, I just wish the prison service had as well 😢
@@willmxkid7033 I love history too. I have since being very small and hearing about my grandads service in ww2 one army one Royal marines commando and my great uncles one on tanks one lancs then my great grandfather in the RN and at jutland in 1916 . It really lit a fire in my curiosity and imagination. And yes 78 is a good vintage lol
@@jamesross1799 yup, scruffy farm to seriously well ironed RAF 🙏🏻 ironically though google the farm where I grew up at Hesley, we literally had every single plane from RAF Finningley right over our heads as kids ✈️
@@willmxkid7033 I live near Wakefield and as kids we used to regularly see RAF phantoms tornado and now and again sepecat jaguar. Also yank A10 were a regular sight following coxley Valley up towards the pennines beyond Denby Dale. I suppose there's no wonder I'm obsessed with milletry history. My great uncle John was what really did it though. A bomb aimer on lancasters. He even danced with Betty grable whilst on training in cannada (she was on a war bond tour I believe)
@ betty grable 🤗 oh heck now that is proper war history there! Don’t we all have such a wonderful history 🙏🏻 I so desperately hope we can save it at this base
@@willmxkid7033 apparently he danced with his little sister my aunt lottie (still alive age 93) and said I've danced with Betty grable but I'd rather dance with my sisters...lol I bet pull the other one Johnny is what she says about that lol 😆
@@matthewrowe9903 (no alcohol tonight 🤪) Its literally the first thing you read on the ORBs 🙈 temp, wind direction, rain status 🤭 I totally get its an airfield but if that was me id start a day on a positive, not the bloody weather, its right next to the moors!!! Grim, slightly grimmer, grimmer and blanket fog 🤷♀️
Hello again I just want to say how important this gorgeous girls work as a historian is. R.A.F Lindholme saw a great deal of history, sacrifice and historic characters visiting it when it was operational, this Doncaster girl illustrates with great clarity and dedication her research results, I so look forward to every production, as a Former R.A.F Fast Jet Pilot I know about the bond that comes from serving in the services and know that the past generations of servicemen and women would be delighted at these productions, it keeps their memory alive and once again I thank you for remembering these Airfields and those who served. On behalf of those who gave their all and cannot say this I say Bless you and carry on with this great project.thank you
Another great video 👍🏻👍🏻
I was Stationed at RAF Lindholme in 1958/59 when it was designated as the RAF Bombing School, with Avro Lincoln's. Vickers Varsities and one single Hastings. i was a J/T Engine fitter in ASF working on servicing the R-R Merlin engines fitted in the Lincoln. No real memories of Lindholme accept it was bloody cold in winter working on a Lincoln on a distant dispersal, after recently completing 2.5 years in Malaya.
Now aged 88 living in Wetern Australia, my memories of Lindholme are long gone, I do recall we had excellent Barrack blocks to live in. My final discharge from the RAF after 5 years was from Lindholme
Thanks for showing us round and best of luck on getting the tower and hangars listed . I am down south in sussex /surrey border ,RAF Tangmere has been decimated by Chichester council ,its seems to be their policy ! However their is in the corner of the old drome a very good museum " Tangmere military aviation museum" . Twenty miles north is RAF Dunsfold which was a complete operational drom untill Hawkers pulled out 20 years ago and now the council and developers are doing their very best to eradicate it . Would be nice to see planners /developers incorporating and or preserving our old aerodromes ,many of which were the last place on this side of the heavenly divide our airmen stood ,sacred ground to you and it would seem .
@@ianperry9914 gosh thats shocking 😢 Where has all the respect gone for our heros, who gave their lives AND survived living with horrors for our freedom 🙏🏻 I fear if they could see us now they would be so disappointed.
The saving grace / problem is RAF Lindholme is on the site of 3 prisons. I believe the old H blocks are part of it from what I was told so the hangars form a logistical barrier, but are too close to be housing 🙏🏻
Happy and blessed month of February to Will, his wonderful mother and his wonderful family, may it be a wonderful month filled with all the best. Thank you for sharing excellent and varied content, I love you very much family, thank you for everything
Thank you David 🙏🏻 happy February to you and your family
I used to cycle out there from Wheatley to plane spot and we used to get checked out by RAF security and I remember the caravan.
@@bleanboy2021 aw thats awesome! Do you have any old photos? What years would that have been?
This is a great trip down memory lane for me, I first soloed in a glider at Lindholme the year that you were born! That's quite a walk you did around the whole peri track - It's not the watchtower though - it's Air Traffic Control, or ATC. The parade ground itself is on the domestic site - which is now part of the prison, the area in front of the hangars is the apron where aircraft could be serviced & readied for flight, though for a big parade it would have been ideal. Looking forward to the next vlog.
@@clivebrealey6795 you flew in 1978 🤯 ok, I literally feel like a dinosaur 🦖 the track is 5k and I do it several times a week 🤷♀️ helps wear out the hips, totally watch tower in 1939 when it was built 🙏🏻 pleeeaaase dont stir up that flipping argument again 🤯 modern day parade was between H buildings, WW2 parade was around the hangars and ‘watch tower’ I literally have photos 🤭 gosh I LOVE how much this place means to people 🙏🏻
I'm not liking the taste of this humble pie! 😔🥧@@willmxkid7033
I really enjoy watching your content BTW. I think that you cover the subject with respect and you obviously do a hell of a lot of research. Ps I was born in 78 too. 😊
@@jamesross1799 great vintage 🙏🏻 thank you so much, history has always been a passion of mine ‘lindholme’ decided to find me 🙈 even though I had known the site for many years, hindsight is a funny thing 🙏🏻 I have nothing but respect, I just wish the prison service had as well 😢
@@willmxkid7033 I love history too. I have since being very small and hearing about my grandads service in ww2 one army one Royal marines commando and my great uncles one on tanks one lancs then my great grandfather in the RN and at jutland in 1916 . It really lit a fire in my curiosity and imagination. And yes 78 is a good vintage lol
@ aw wow 🙏🏻 seriously good genes as well! Isn’t history wonderful 🤗
My dad was an "army bratt" and I fully understand what you're saying. I've always wonderd where you're intrest began.
@@jamesross1799 yup, scruffy farm to seriously well ironed RAF 🙏🏻 ironically though google the farm where I grew up at Hesley, we literally had every single plane from RAF Finningley right over our heads as kids ✈️
@@willmxkid7033 I live near Wakefield and as kids we used to regularly see RAF phantoms tornado and now and again sepecat jaguar. Also yank A10 were a regular sight following coxley Valley up towards the pennines beyond Denby Dale. I suppose there's no wonder I'm obsessed with milletry history. My great uncle John was what really did it though. A bomb aimer on lancasters. He even danced with Betty grable whilst on training in cannada (she was on a war bond tour I believe)
@ betty grable 🤗 oh heck now that is proper war history there! Don’t we all have such a wonderful history 🙏🏻 I so desperately hope we can save it at this base
@@willmxkid7033 apparently he danced with his little sister my aunt lottie (still alive age 93) and said I've danced with Betty grable but I'd rather dance with my sisters...lol I bet pull the other one Johnny is what she says about that lol 😆
@ oh that was lovely of him to say that 💕
I think it was white to make it visible to aircraft flying around the circuit . . .
@@skipper2844 oh that would totally make sense 🙏🏻 Why was it built on an old plane park circle?
The weather on old airfields is always a bit different lol
@@matthewrowe9903 (no alcohol tonight 🤪) Its literally the first thing you read on the ORBs 🙈 temp, wind direction, rain status 🤭 I totally get its an airfield but if that was me id start a day on a positive, not the bloody weather, its right next to the moors!!! Grim, slightly grimmer, grimmer and blanket fog 🤷♀️
@@willmxkid7033 after years bog hopping after bent aluminium I can get you on that
@@matthewrowe9903yes totally 😂 We are a crazy bunch aint we 🙈